Season 1 (1973)
Episodes: 23
Star Cast:
Episodes List
Ep.1 Slow Boy (1)
Air Date: 1973-03-20
A special surveillance detail set up to catch criminals in the act finally nabs Slow Boy while he is robbing a supermarket. Complications arise when the robber takes a hostage before the police can detain him.
Ep.2 Slow Boy (2)
Air Date: 1973-03-20
A tough cop in charge of a special felony squad goes after the vicious son of a Mafia chief who is pulling a string of strong-arm robberies.
Ep.3 Dangerous Games
Air Date: 1973-10-02
Undercover cop Charlie Czonka tries to catch the big man behind a ring of prostitution, dope and extortion
Ep.4 Requiem for an Informer
Air Date: 1973-10-09
A down-and-out addict becomes an informer for the bank robbery detail and wins the friendship of a cop.
Ep.5 The Ten Year Honeymoon
Air Date: 1973-10-23
Two partners on the police force start getting on each other's nerves after ten years together when one begins acting strange.
Ep.6 The Violent Homecoming
Air Date: 1973-10-30
A Mexican-American police sergeant who's been assigned to his original neighborhood leads the Juvenile Division in an attempt to head off a gang war.
Ep.7 The Ho Chi Minh Trail
Air Date: 1973-11-06
An undercover cop nearly loses his life trying to crack a big-time drug-selling operation.
Ep.8 Collision Course
Air Date: 1973-11-20
The question of whether or not policewomen should be assigned to ride in patrol cars is brought to the head in a gun battle with two killers.
Ep.9 Death on Credit
Air Date: 1973-11-27
Sergeant Rick Calvelli works undercover in order to crack a phony credit card ring that plays dangerously.
Ep.10 The Big Walk
Air Date: 1973-12-04
A beat cop has his newly established authority challenged when a wealthy girl he arrests avoids retribution in court.
Ep.11 Man on the Rack
Air Date: 1973-12-11
An unauthodox cop accidentally kills a fellow officer and is put under investigation by Internal Affairs.
Ep.12 Line of Fire
Air Date: 1973-12-18
A young police officer joins a special unit and must learn to cope with killing.
Ep.13 Chain of Command
Air Date: 1974-01-08
The possibility of a conspiracy to murder cops creates a war between a black community and the police.
Ep.14 Countdown (1)
Air Date: 1974-01-15
When policeman Joe LaFrieda kills a member of an underworld family during a robbery attempt; a contract is put out on his life.
Ep.15 Countdown (2)
Air Date: 1974-01-22
The police clash head-on with the Mob when a contract is taken out on Officer Joe LaFrieda's life.
Ep.16 Cop in the Middle
Air Date: 1974-01-29
A cop on the take devises a plan to save himself from disgrace.
Ep.17 The Ripper
Air Date: 1974-02-12
Two officers from Robbery-Homicide attempt to track down a killer of homosexuals who mutilates the bodies of his victims.
Ep.18 Country Boy
Air Date: 1974-02-19
A young recruit from a rural community attempts to defy his background by completing the tough Police Academy training to become a cop.
Ep.19 The Hunters
Air Date: 1974-02-26
Two detectives become emotionally involved in a case when a friend is the victim of a robber/rapist/murderer.
Ep.20 Wyatt Earp Syndrome
Air Date: 1974-03-05
As an officer tracks down a rapist, his marriage dissolves in favor of his badge.
Ep.21 Fingerprint
Air Date: 1974-03-12
A police veteran in the Latent Prints Division is discouraged with his job until some unexpected combat gives him a new perspective.
Ep.22 Chief
Air Date: 1974-03-19
A police chief must overcome an assissination plot and political games in order to speak at a local meeting of police-haters.
Ep.23 The Gamble
Air Date: 1974-03-26
The transfer of desk officer Lisa Beaumont to the vice squad leads to a series of explosive developments.